Taylor Alison Swift is widely known as an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her songwriting is often inspired by her personal life and has received critical praise and wide media coverage. Born in West Reading, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville at age 14 to become a country artist.
Whiles Carrie Marie Underwood is an American country singer. She rose to prominence after winning the fourth season of American Idol in 2005.
Who is more successful Carrie Underwood or Taylor Swift?
To know the successful person between Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift is a tough one to do because each of them has made it in their career and it is hard to differentiate.
Carrie Underwood became famous when she won the popular musical reality show’s fourth season of American Idol. Underwood’s debut album titled ‘Some Hearts’ which was released in 2005 became a huge success for her. Her album ‘Carnival Ride’ released in 2007 also topped the country charts and sold millions of copies. She was also nominated for Video of the Year at the 2009 CMT Awards for “Just a Dream”.
According to sources, Underwood is the top-earning American Idol winner whose pay was around $14 million during the period 2008 to 2009. She released her third single album “Play On” in 2009 and the initial week it attained the #1 position on the Billboard 200 chart. She became the third highest-earning woman artist during the first week’s sales for 2009.
Taylor Swift’s career began as a staff songwriter when her music career started in 2006 with the release of her debut single “Tim McGraw”. This song topped at number six on Billboard magazine’s Hot Country Songs chart. In 2008, Swift released “Beautiful Eyes”, which was sold exclusively at Walmart. In the very first week of release, the album sold 45,000 copies. This was rated at the #1 position on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and the #9 position on the Billboard 200. In the same week, her self-titled debut album topped out at number two on the chart. Swift thus became the first artist to embrace the top 2 positions in the country album charts.
Records say, Swift has won six Grammy Awards; whiles Underwood has won five. Underwood has won 11 Academy of Country Music Awards whiles Swift has won six, with Swift having won coveted Entertainer of the Year honors the past two years after Underwood claimed the title in 2008 and 2009. Swift has won seven Country Music Association Awards and Underwood has won five.
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